000 CDUS43 KDMX 120700 CLIDSM CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 143 AM CDT FRI AUG 12 2005 ................................... ...THE DES MOINES CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 11 2005... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1878 TO 2005 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 90 351 PM 102 1881 85 5 66 MINIMUM 69 752 AM 50 2004 65 4 50 1986 AVERAGE 80 75 5 58 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.64 1.42 1949 0.15 0.49 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.90 1.63 -0.73 3.19 SINCE JUN 1 8.86 10.38 -1.52 9.71 SINCE JAN 1 22.99 22.64 0.35 29.44 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 MM MM 0.0 0.0 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE JUN 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 7 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 9 SINCE JUN 1 0 17 -17 31 SINCE JUL 1 0 1 -1 10 COOLING YESTERDAY 15 10 5 0 MONTH TO DATE 152 117 35 63 SINCE JUN 1 846 689 157 441 SINCE JAN 1 902 762 140 556 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (300) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 24 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (300) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 49 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 1200 AM LOWEST 63 400 PM AVERAGE 82 .......................................................... THE DES MOINES CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 85 101 1936 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 65 48 2004 1964 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 12 2005........SUNRISE 620 AM CDT SUNSET 818 PM CDT AUGUST 13 2005........SUNRISE 622 AM CDT SUNSET 817 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && ................................... ...THE OTTUMWA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 11 2005... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1920 TO 2005 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 89 438 PM 103 1941 85 4 65 MINIMUM 69 608 AM 50 2004 66 3 50 1982 AVERAGE 79 75 4 58 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.85 3.26 1939 0.13 0.72 0.00 2000 MONTH TO DATE 0.85 1.43 -0.58 3.81 SINCE JUN 1 6.85 10.39 -3.54 9.35 SINCE JAN 1 17.41 22.74 -5.33 22.37 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 MM MM 0.0 0.0 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE JUN 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 7 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 18 SINCE JUN 1 0 11 -11 60 SINCE JUL 1 0 1 -1 21 COOLING YESTERDAY 14 11 3 0 MONTH TO DATE 128 123 5 50 SINCE JUN 1 731 718 13 380 SINCE JAN 1 769 808 -39 496 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 28 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (170) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 37 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (210) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM HEAVY RAIN RAIN LIGHT RAIN RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 700 AM LOWEST 20 500 PM AVERAGE 60 .......................................................... THE OTTUMWA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 85 104 1936 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 65 45 1931 SUNRISE AND SUNSET AUGUST 12 2005........SUNRISE 617 AM CDT SUNSET 812 PM CDT AUGUST 13 2005........SUNRISE 618 AM CDT SUNSET 811 PM CDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$